haunting image, but to my eye, color works best for this scene. B&W might work for a tight crop of the trees (or a tree) against the dune. I find the transition from white to dark to midtone in the sky visually disruptive. I have virtually the same image in my collection from two years ago. I'll post it in another message thread and link back to yours for comparison. BTW, Sosusvlei is another world. I hope you had fun, I certainly did and plan to go back next year.